Year % of total population 1960 49.8932703812198 1961 49.8912112930902 1962 49.8865108627263 1963 49.8800551040963 1964 49.8749192543817 1965 49.8697089410497 1966 49.8620542221673 1967 49.8533658724623 1968 49.8431556144876 1969 49.831882285394 1970 49.82030385018 1971 49.8078989336011 1972 49.7951469221633 1973 49.7798776715249 1974 49.754267362848 1975 49.7231893121461 1976 49.6950354652463 1977 49.66845116215 1978 49.6429384221579 1979 49.6187003376711 1980 49.5963991434599 1981 49.5753819047287 1982 49.5568958128043 1983 49.5412520324889 1984 49.5269619155127 1985 49.5120328610046 1986 49.4974275661445 1987 49.4857108662939 1988 49.4822015548394 1989 49.485049482302 1990 49.4870611572708 1991 49.4883379222985 1992 49.4896510123721 1993 49.4909530765034 1994 49.4916622058563 1995 49.491160246847 1996 49.4896386711397 1997 49.4867606580088 1998 49.4742124838136 1999 49.4618567889875 2000 49.4577288381299 2001 49.4541202285335 2002 49.44940873869 2003 49.4431663061359 2004 49.4389514217488 2005 49.4350867651789 2006 49.4301244641843 2007 49.4254373356829 2008 49.4212442529583 2009 49.418192063066 2010 49.4170288653336 2011 49.4184172022419 2012 49.4220612037691 2013 49.4277930736552 2014 49.4337327777002 2015 49.4401261820829 2016 49.447868985259 2017 49.456083313718 2018 49.4648544601418 2019 49.4740395683067 2020 49.4852823564432 2021 49.4986595604643 2022 49.5118883987708 2023 49.5236080582242